Portrait of Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Acting

Biography

Diana Patricia Sands was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun.

Born: August 22, 1934

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, USA

Filmography

2018
Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby

as Laura Lewis

1974
Free to Be… You and Me

as Self (uncredited)

1974
1972
Georgia, Georgia

as Georgia Martin

1971
Doctors' Wives

as Helen Straughn

1970
The Landlord

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

1969
Medical Center

as Dr. Marylou Neeley

1966
ABC Stage 67

as Self - Wife

1964
1963
The Fugitive

as Davala Unawa

1963
The Outer Limits

as Dr. Julia Harrison

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Irene Rush

1961
A Raisin in the Sun

as Beneatha Younger

1959
Odds Against Tomorrow

as Club Hostess (uncredited)

1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

1957
Four Boys and a Gun

as (uncredited)

1956
Carib Gold

as Bar Girl

1952
Caribbean

as Native Woman (uncredited)